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Once two brothers，John and Tony，asked a sage(智者) to tell them about their future. The sage      them, “It may not be good for you to know your future.      ，your future can change later even if I tell you now！” They      knowing their future. The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will      in a murder.”
John was       and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to      everyone and soon came out of his      .
Eleven months passed. One day，the brothers discovered a half－buried pot. They     it and found it full of gold. John shouted， “This     is just for me to set up my palace！” Just then，a robber jumped out and gave a      on John’s head and tried to take the pot away. Tony jumped at the robber to      John. But the robber attacked him with a knife. During the      the robber dropped the pot and ran away.
John was very      to his injured brother and offered him half the gold. Tony politely      saying he was not going to live much longer in any case. John，with his new treasure，started eating and drinking. One year passed. There was no      of any crown in sight. Tony was also enjoying good      .They decided to visit the sage again. “How did your predictions go      ？” John asked. The sage explained， “I told you，your destiny(命运)can be changed. The crown you were to get was      to a pot of gold. But，Tony’s      life changed his destiny too. Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being      ”
How life meets us is called destiny；how we meet life is called self effort!

A．informed B．advised C．ordered D．encouraged

A．Instead B．Therefore C．Besides D．Otherwise

A．insisted on B．depended on C．gave up D．took up

A．recover B．appear C．hurt D．die

A．worried B．pleased C．shocked D．disappointed

A．serve B．receive C．observe D．guide

A．work B．debt C．depression D．anger

A．bought B．wrapped C．sold D．dug

A．experience B．treasure C．award D．success

A．blow B．gift C．tap D．touch

A．calm B．stop C．protect D．inspire

A．performance B．investigation C．action D．struggle

A．polite B．cruel C．grateful D．loyal

A．refused B．accepted C．demanded D．answered

A．symbol B．sign C．mention D．comment

A．chance B．position C．work D．health

A．short B．bad C．wrong D．well

A．reduced B．connected C．devoted D．exposed

A．comfortable B．spiritual C．difficult D．hopeless

A．disturbed B．forgotten C．arrested D．wounded

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